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BM 024929 (P202659)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024929

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for un-íl (zì-íl) on the tablet of Lu-URUxKAR2; seal: Géme-dLama nin-dingir-dBa-ba6 Lú-URUxKAR2ki ir11-zu.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur lugal
blank space
2. mu sze-ba ug3-IL2 lu2 zi3-il2-sze3
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-uru11{ki}
blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
3. mu kar2-har{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)-[kam-asz] ba-hul
seal 1
1. geme2-{d}lamma
2. eresz-dingir {d}ba-ba6
3. lu2-uru11{ki}
4. ARAD2-[zu]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for un-íl (zì-íl) on the tablet of Lu-URUxKAR2; seal: Géme-dLama nin-dingir-dBa-ba6 Lú-URUxKAR2ki ir11-zu.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024929
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.33.08.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-10-23 at 14:31:45	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (053365) (053365)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24929) (BM.24929)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-1311-a) (W_1898-0215-1311-a)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002332 (composite) (P455042)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024929 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202659.

BM 024929 artifact entry (No. P202659). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202659 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024929 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202659 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024929 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202659},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202659},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202659
LB  - CDLI:P202659
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - BM 024929 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202659
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024929 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202659.

BM 024929 artifact entry (No. P202659). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202659 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024929 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202659 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024929 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202659},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202659},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202659
LB  - CDLI:P202659
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - BM 024929 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202659
ER  -